#pre

The concept of reason itself appears as an artificial attempt to separate intellectual powers from the frustrations, emotions, and accidents which cause events; the concept of reason is viewed as facade to prevent change. ↗

— Edward Levi

#appears #artificial #attempt #cause #change

He's turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he's miserable and depressed. ↗

— David Frost

#funny #humour #miserable #funny

Why would a person prefer the accusations of guilt, unworthiness, ineptitude - even dishonor and betrayal- to real possibility? This may not seem to be the choice, but it is: complete self effacement, surrender to the "others", disavowal of any personal dignity and freedom-on the one hand; and freedom and independence, movement away from the others, extrication of oneself from the binding links of family and social duties-on the other hand. This is the choice that the depressed person actually faces. ↗

— Ernest Becker

#freedom #repression #death

My conclusions, on this point, are as follows: when the Law Commission says committal of judgment debtors is an anomaly that cannot be justified and should be abolished; when it is common cause that there is a general international move away from imprisonment for civil debt, of which the present committal proceedings are an adapted relic; when such imprisonment has been abolished in South Africa, save for its contested form as contempt of court in the magistrate's court; when the clauses concerned have already been interpreted by the Courts as restrictively as possible, without their constitutionally offensive core being eviscerated; when other tried and tested methods exist for recovery of debt from those in a position to pay; when the violation of the fundamental right to personal freedom is manifest, and the procedures used must inevitably possess a summary character if they are to be economically worthwhile to the creditor, then the very institution of civil imprisonment, however it may be described and however well directed its procedures might be, in itself must be regarded as highly questionable and not a compelling claimant for survival. ↗

— Albie Sachs

#debt #foreign-law #freedom #human-rights #law

Inside each of us there is a marvelous compass which greatly favors life, freedom and vitality. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#life #vitality #freedom

A nation of underachievers is easier to control than a society that excels. ↗

— Ryan Hunter

#freedom-of-choice #freedom-of-expression #freedom-of-speech #freedom

A freedom given up is not so easily regained. ↗

— Rivera Sun

#civil-liberty #civil-rights-movement #constitution #constitutional-rights #freedom

If you want to appreciate the Sun, be a miner; to value the land, be a sailor and to long for freedom, get married! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#freedom

He understood privacy and freedom of expression were paramount to liberty, as incompatible as they may appear. One promoted yelling and screaming, while the other encouraged people to retreat and pull within. Yet, cornerstones to American democracy, people needed them both for the lives they took for granted. ↗

— Shelter Somerset

#expression #freedom #liberty #shelter-somerset #freedom

In every country where there is a vicious oppression, a peaceful and a continuous civil disobedience is the magical door opening to the freedom! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#freedom